1&4 - I've been listening to Das Rheingold and Die Walkure a lot lately. For some reason I never get round to listening to the other two but fuck is the ring cycle amazing. Anyone know of the best recordings of it? Swarowsky's orchestra is great but the guy that sings Wotan sounds like a giant pussy.
3b - Listened to his special because for some reason I found this really funny - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0hvV_ETDQ0&feature=youtu.be - but it was kind of underwhelming. I really like his voice anyway, sounds like Ron Burgundy.
5 - New album's pretty great. He's just great.
6b & 8c - Black Elk is super nice ambience for studying or w/e; Nils Frahm I don't really get the hype over, he doesn't seem to make anything interesting at all. I dunno maybe I'm missing something.

Those DJ/Rupture plays are like 3 hours long I guess 'cos it's the mixes he gave away, Solange EP is just OK apart from the main single, Ruff Sqwad sounds better out loud than from your mp3 player headphones etc etc

Royal Trux - Sweet Sixteen / just got it this week. Ridiculous amount of layers in the recording and very strange production means I haven't made sense of it yet. Songs don't seem that great compared to other albums so far but they might start sounding good with time

Misfits - Static Age / this might actually be one of my favourite albums. Also listened to Raw Power a bit. They are my two go-to mp3 albums if i'm having a bad day

Taming Power - 6 pieces & 21 pieces / homespun drone/exxxxperimental music from Norway. The 6 pieces one is particularly ace, parts of it remind me of the absolute best Vodka Soap/Spencer Clark things. Like infinite layers of chimey goodness.

EVOL - Right Nightmare/Rave Slime 12"s / these just arrived this week and they might be the most annoying records i've ever owned soundwise! They are funny. Just one classic rave synth sound warped/stretched on each side. And some locked grooves at the end which are cool. You can play them a bit like an instrument by manually slowing/speeding up the turntable. ANYWAY they have a great FACT mix which isn't abrasive or nasty like these records. It's just really good fun.
http://www.factmag.com/2012/05/21/fact-mix-330-evol/

6. For some reason only really just got around to listening to 'Feels Like We're Only Going Backwards', been playing Elephant on repeat instead. Best thing to come out of Australia since The Avalanches.

My Bloody Valentine - Things Left Behind. It's a compilation of all their early stuff and it's... um... different. Kevin's voice is very odd, not sure it's something I can really get on board with. But some of the tracks are good as just throwaways. Very un-MBV though, serves me right really.

UNKLE / DJ Shadow - Be There. 8 track double single, it's brilliant, has the original song plus remixes (one by Noel Gallagher??!!) and some other really good dance tracks that went down really well at my last party. Found it in a bargin bin at the local record store for only $7.

1 feel like i'm the only person who still scrobbles sic alps. their s/t last year was so good
2 hmv sale
4 really into this nerd
5 this is the only thing i listen to by either artist really. what's a good half japanese album?

1 i don't know how that happened. she done a special where the only people in the audience are her parents! so good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCDi7Ad_qRg2 dead good synthy bollocks, apparently it is MODERN COMPOSITION too.
10 just one soundgarden cover on repeat.

1- introduced to me last night. really like the album- one of those you can play for half an hour and end up scrobbing 10000 tracks
2- Mainly made up of plays of Evil, which Ive been learning on bass
6- cant believe ive only just got round to listening to the EP